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rATOR Motg.f L,=1kk 22, 1878.
WI TU5 RATE IT-rITT IB OV d.
Baon Ruage hno has three good
u *spapers and,:, judgng fom ' -
noon ta tho.op beote
Bret. Its phicat a cppeianoe
Slteii' d filend Leon wtelds the
quil and shears with such ability that
same may be said of its contents.
t the good fight LIon and never
ee nttil Bato e the.Cap
tal ohe prottd r d S elcan State.-
Abb6vUill. eife n.4
Among the many utterances of the
press bidding us urge that the Con
vention ratify the majority vote given
in favor of Baton Rouge for State
Capital, none are more appreciated f
by us than those coming from our old I
and tried friend, Addison. We have
been enlisted in that righteous cause ]
many months, and mow that we are c
backed by the unmistakable will of
the people, we mean to stand to it ,
until the representatives of Louisiana 4
shall have obeyed the admonition ex
pressed at the polls in November last.
Aye, the politicians must not look to
the maintenance of the Capital, amid
the pleasures and the luxuries that
the Crescent City afords. The hum
ble oelmen Who bears the burthen of 1
taxation imposed upon his all for the l
sppptot of our State govbrnment, de
nsands that while, hq labors at his _
plow or in the workshop, his repre
sentative will have the patriotism and
public, spirit to diminish the charges
that weigh upon the commonwealth 4
by every meas"tr that will afford 1
relief.
It is no new experiment; with the
Capital at Baton Rouge a class of
men will come to the General Assem
bly who are not seeking a sixty days' t
frolic, They will come to work for
Louisiana, outside of the corrupting i
influences of a large city, and the hun
dreds of thousands of people who stay
at their country homes the year 'round
will no longer have their interests sac
rificed in order to afford one hundred t
and twenty men, and Messrs. the State 4
officials, a luxuriant sojourning place.
The time has come when every man
will be expected to do his duty, and t
in order that this may be done, all t
selfish motives must be thrown aside. i
Every patriotic Louisianian must i
remember those days when our sol. I
diers marched to the battlefield bare
footed, ill-clothed, half fed, and with
out pay, offering up their lives to
maintain our liberties, and the honor c
of our State. No such sacrifices are
demanded of the representatives to
the State Convention. They are ask
ed only to frame a constitution that t
will restore good and economical gov- t
ernment, in order that the march to- f
wards our common happiness and
prosperity may be taken up at the
very earliest day.
The very first reform measure to be
adopted is the restoration of the Capi
\ tal to the place designated at three
different periods-AT BATON ROUGE.
The people of this parish, on last ;
Tuesday, honored the editor of the a
CAPIotaO , by electing him as one
of their representatives to the ap
proaelhing Convention. We frankly
admit that it is becanse of our known
seal in the causnee of this resetoration
that we have been selected. Yes,
friend Addison, with Messrs. HIERRON
and Youro, we all be Mhere, ready to
remind any representative of the peo
pie who i$lght so far forget his duty
in this particular, that Louisiana has
decreed that the Capital must and '
shall be removed to its ancieht site.
We do not expect to find a single
man opposing the insertion of the
clause affirming the verdict rendered
at the polls, for we believe tlat the
people throughout the State have
elected none other but those who will
fearlessly obey all their wishes.
We go to New Orleans confident of
successe, Addison, and we expect to r
find among those fighting at our side
the worthy delegates of "old Vermil
ion," whose views we know that you h
surely express.
A widow intenhing to succeed her i
husband in the management of a ho- I
tel, advertised that "the hotel will be I
kept by the widow of the former land
lord, Mr. Brown, who, died last sum- li
mer on a new and improved plan." 1
A coroner's verdict reads thus: "The ti
deceased came to his death by excess- it
ive drinking, producing apoplexy in ti
the minds of the jury." A country rl
paper says: "A child was run over ft
by a wagon three years old, and cross- g
eyed, with pantalets on."
Whenever a man begins tofeel that
he is so great that the country .is
standing in the middle of the road ,
waiting for him to come by, it is
about time for his friends to look up
some soft place in a lunatie asylum to a
lay him down in. r
& young man who has tried every
thing else and failed, writes to the
Vickaburg Hemrad to inquirehre therequi
ates for a good reporter and gets for
answer: "A bottle ofwhistky, a lead
pencil, a cast-iron constitution and a or
rhioeeros hide."
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EAST BATON ROU@ $1EVER TIRES.
A PULL ALL ALONG THE LIN$.
d THE DE00BAOY TBZUMPIANT,
lI THE COLORED TROOPS FIGHT NOBLY.
he For some time after the call for a
at Constitutional Convention, aand so
e long as the names of the candidates
4. mentioned were of the class that
would be acceptable to the majority
of the people, and so long as it ap
I1 peared that the Republicans would
n- make no regular nominations, the Pat
m iah Central Committee of the Demo
te crate party, was inclined to leave the
dl field open to a free competition for the
Id suiftges of all voters.
re When it became apparent that the
le Republican party was in process of re
ro organization with the view of drawing
of the lines; it became necessary to arrive
it at some plan through which the votes
ia of, all those desiring the election of a
I- good representative ticket' might be
t. concetitrated on three among the sev
1e oral candidates who were spoken of.
Id The Parish Committee was assembled
it to deliberate over the situation, when
i- it was deemed inexpedient to call a
f party nominating convention for the
e following reasons, vis:
- The short space of time intervening
is until the day of election, coupled with
a- the fact that some disaffection had ex
d isted during the late campaign, when
a number of good and tried men had
bh espoubed the Independent or Green
d back cause, hi opposition to the reg
ularly nominated Democratin ticket.
1e The probability that many of these
men would remain aloof, and thus
'withhold their support from the selec
leons made under strict party rule,
r and thus imperil the success of desira
'gble candidates.
Inasmuch as nearly all the gen
t tlemen whose names had been spoken
d of had manifested a willingness to
submit their claims to a fair arbitra
tration, the committee, after mature
deliberation, resolved to adopt the
plan of recommending the candidates
n from among those who were willing
d to withdraw their names in the in
11 terest of harmony and unity, and thus
Sin an amicable way dispense with the
it holding of a party convention calcu
Slated to encourage the formnation of a
' regularly organized opposition.
* The wisdom of such a course be
Scame apparent as soon as the names
r of Messrs. HeTrron, Young and Jas
e tremski were presented for the tsup
port of the people. While many citi
zens expressed their disapprobation of
t this course, a larger munumber accepted
" this ticket and gave it their unquali
I fled support. Independents, Green
d backers and many Republicans gave
0. in their adhesion to the "Capital
Democratic ticket." In the mean
Stime, the Republicans held a conven
tion and nominated a colored man,
" Louis Francois, for Senatorial dele
gate, with 8. H. B. Schloonmaker,
another member of that party, and
e took up to complete the ticket for rep
resentative delegates, the name of Mr.
8. P. Greves, who had declined to
Sabide by the plan of the Democratic
n committee. This list composed the
Sopposition to be encountered by those
Srecommended by the committee.
lThe personal friends of Mr. Greves
gave that gentleman some votes while
giving their other ballots to the two
on the "Capital ticket," and the bulk
d of the Republicans supported Mr.
Greves on theirs.
Despite the above opposition the
regular ticket of the Democratic com
mittee swept its opponents from the
field, and routed them, "horse, foot
and dragoons," after a lively and spir
Sited contest.
In tids short, sharp and decisive
campaign, the "unterrifiel Democ
racy," aided by many Independents
Sand Greenbackers who have once
emore rallied to its support, seconded
by numbers of colored voters, have
a held the line firmly from Port Hudson
to the MWnchae, carrying with them
r in triumph the entire Democratic
- ticket, composed of Messrs. HERRON,
e YouNo and JASTREMSKI
- This last victory has infused new
- life to the gallant Democracy of East
" Baton Rouge, and has shown the fu
e tility of all attempts to break throngh
- its serried ranks. We hope now that
n the smoke of the recent battle has
(risen above and has cleared away
r from the field, that all our friends for
Sgetting the diflerences that are insep
arable to all political contests, will(
bow cordially to the will of the ma- I
Sjority expreseed in a fee and fair
Sstand up fight, and in a manly way
"shake hands across the bloodless
chasm," and range themselves anew
under the glorious banner of Democ
racy.
To the boys who have so gallantly
faced the music by the side of the old
veterans of thb party, and to those
colored voters who indeed have
"fought nobly" alongside, we have
only to say that they, have deserved
well of their parish in thus sustaining I
to rMadla s , and the l
to shako r
hbondadd
So atlps er.igggl ggt i dt
is teir eriorto obtain the Me tor
flan the i l tS orestyh ka
cordance withi the .ere rendered '1 o
the majodit.y at the last November
eletioa. .
' IAMI$ W '6019 le i 1
The followidI detlegts to' the bni-, o
'titttinal cdOivV lh aro e adrknw to.
be elected. t ihny inst noes there s
were no coalt :ti 1
Second Snat6rial 'Dstrict..Gus- A
tave LbGardetyi Jr., Dim.. 'Htery
Chiapella, Dem.
Third Senatorial Distrit..Thomas,
J. Semmes, Dem. o .
Fourth Senatorial District. F.rank
Bulger, Demt. P
Fifth SidiStorial District..Gus A.
Breaux, Dein. b
Sixth Senatorial Dlitrict..B13. R.
Forman, ILemr.; Don A. Phrdee, Rep. n,
Seventh Senatorial District..Henry
Demns, fep.l ' M
Eighth Senatoril 'Distrlet,.'. P. ,n
Poche, Dern.
SNinth Senatorial District..Cilay
Kuobloch, Dem.; Mayer Cahen, Rep. a
Elebenth Senatorial Diyttict..Edw;
Simon, Ind.
Twelfth Senatorial District.. Joseph
M. Moore,,Dem.; W. A. Robertsbn, II
Dem. A
Thfrtee h Senatorial District..F.
L. Clalborne, Dem.
Fourteenth Senatorial District..T.
T. Allain, Rep. tl
Fifteenth Senatorial District..Judge l
T. A. Lyons, Demn.
Sixteenth Senatorial District..(en. [
A. S. Herron, Dem. b
Seventeenth Senatorial DiStrict..J.
B. Easterly, Dem. a
Eighteenth Senatorial District..Jas n
G. White, Dem. P
Nineteenth Senatorial District..M.
J. Cunningham, Dem.; R. B. Stille, t
Dem. i
Twentieth Senatorial District.. - 1i
Nutt, Dem.
Twenty-first Senatorial District.. '
J. C. Vance, Dern.; Gen. A. B. George, t
Dem. d
Twenty-second Senatorial District
..R. M. Todd, Dem.; G. L. Gaskins, q
Demn. 0
Twenty-third Senatorial District..
Judge R. W. Richardsoin, Dem.; N.
W. Smith, D)em.
Twenty-fourth Senatorial District.. tl
Judge J. F. Marshal, Denm. 1
I'ARISH DELEGATES.
Ascension..Pievre Landry, Rep. i
Assumption-W. W. Pugh, Rep. i
Baton Rouge, East..Leon Jastremn- l
ski, Dem.; J. T. Young, Derm.
Baton Rouge, West..Col. II. M.
Favrot, Dem.
Blenville..Dr. P. Webb, Dem. Ii
Bossier..Henry Ogden, Demn. i
Caddo..Judge T. T. Land, Demn.; d
N. C. Blanchard, Dem.
Carroll, West..H. J. Lott, Demn. o
Catahotla-8. L. Elam, Dem. C
DeSoto.. - Jenkins, Dem.; -
Butherlin, Dem. C
Felicianas, East..G. W. Munday,
Dem.; J. H. Stone, Demr. tl
Iberia..Judge Fontellieu, Rep. y
Jefferson.. - Roche, Rep. o0
Lafayette..M. E. Gerard, Dem. ii
Lafourche..Henry Grimes, Rep.;
I. D. Moore, Denm.
Lincoln..Major T. J. Colvin, Dem. It
Livingston..L. Z. Gowers, Dem. A
Madison..P. B. S. Pinehback, Rep.
Natchlitoclhes..Jos. Henry, Demn.; ,
W. A. Ponder, Dem.
Ouachita..David Faulk, Dem.
Plaquemines..H. C. Warmoth, Rep. C
Pointe Coupee..Charles Parlange,
Ind.
Rapides..G. W. Bolton, Dent.; t
Robert L. Lucket, Demn. 5
Red River..HC Stringfellow, Dem.
St. Bernard..Albert Estopinal, Nat.
St. Charles..Chas. Bourgeois, Rep.
St. Helena..D. Kemp, Denm.
St. James. .Henry Dickerson, Rep. ge
St. John.. - Babcock, Rep. o0
St. Landry..Dr. J. M. Millprd,
Denm.; P. Stagg, Dem.; W. Burton,
Denm.; L. S. Havard, Dem.
St. Martin..Alex. Strowick, Rep. x
St. Mary..Smith, Rep.; Ph. Ment, t
Rep.
St. Tammany..Jas. M. Thompson, j
Demn. l
Tangipahoas. .N. 8. Edwards, Demn. n
Tensaae..A. G. Byant, Rep.
Terrebonne..Capt. Bisland, Dem.;
Charles Verret Rep.
Union..Dr. 1. F. Dillard, Dem.
Webster..Jtdge J. D. Watts, Denm. W
Orleans..Ferd Marks, Denm.; M.D. o1
Lagan, Dem. ; John Kennedy, Dem. i
Charles Byrne, Dem.; W. A. Bell, at
Dem.; W. J. Kelly Dem.; J. C. De
nis Dem.; E. J. ueringer, ADem.;
J. A. Augustin Denm. W.A. Bien
venu, Dem.; Victor Olivier, Dem.;
Pierre Lanaux, Dem.; Webster Long,
Sr Dem.; L. A. Wilts, Dem. ; Jo.
Colins, Dem.; John Phelps, Dem.;
James econnell, Dem. T; . Carey
Dem.; John Chafe, Dbem. ; H. Breen, P
Dem.; Frank MeGloin, Dem.; T. B. m
Stamps, Rep.; W. F. Loan2 Rep. to
Democrats, 75; Republicans, 23;
Independents, 2; Nationals, 1. To
be heard from, 23. w
B
The genuine Democratic "cock-of- r
the-walk" crows the Capitolian song.: m
bth
Mr. "C I ,
te g la ine . ..r O
- Mr. "C'"" head. ; - "
cuo axtet wp padetioa ;,
, The letlr f thi M t ,e It
Iopects are good ntsetd 4hf'
iniph wit wtgovernor. "b, . -.l
oAn atteempt4ado whr It esInate
Mr. HebC'ser h e ad eie parish e
, night last week, , ;
,The Madison Journal systhe I
among the blackhiem. . ; i
I The eler tbed IConat oftAvoelles
parish lissuetotO i80 'lnia ieefe
during the year 1878f.
, The residene s hof Mr. a,8. oi
in Carroll pari, was .e +; bp
fire a short time since. ,
A nexcolored se a i
' fell out of bed and broke its;'it..
Opelousas a few day' age
SAn infant child was adtoa destat
theprairaeaar WasbqgtoM sweek,
rupposed to have r bep m a lerId.
Two darkies had a d11np ity near
nHahville last week. One of ther
came out ith a' pistol - ll: i his
Sbody. i t...
a Th e B Lee, Minden paket,
sunk last week. No liven lost in
no cldy hurt, exce rt insurance eou
Charlie Arteneau, a young man
about twenty years of age, while cut-,
ting timber in Livingston parish Im t
week, was crushed to death by a fall
ing tree.
A lolore boy named Joseph Voler,
testant orphan asylum, fell into ia
well on the 10th instant and was
drowned.
The Maurepas Graette annonnees 
,quarrel between Dr. E. J. Bra mfeld
and Mr. Harkiesry Northup, wadih rl4t ealr
ed in thahville aooting of the doctor andthem
are outme pit a gpmito le not ahis
On the 8tory Idantatie Lee, Minden the pakr-e
sank last weekrnard, a few days jo a
shot and instantly killed by Joe Faulk.
womCharlie Arcean.,a young ma
b In the language of tha te hle t-m,
ti Wing timber in ivingston parish wlat
week, waseld allow, though in a good faonl
A itteion for a spiritual erop.l
oan inmate Dphttion, in S
Charlestnt orph asylum, fRed Chhto
which resulted ion the nstantg of onewas
Christopher with shedoting him.
SThe MurPointe Coapette annunceays
that a colored boy about fumrteenl
years oMr Harryliving Northu, whih reaut
little in three yearoding of the doctor ad
race. The St Mary ond wa says: Thee
arThe forty-eightal arquitted Natahi
thouehiands were escorted twho wothe Bartld
Able wheo n leavintog ar home andby bspudll
teof musolen an grand saltetem. was
ired as a mark of respect atI the ir
safe delivery fom the nletches of othales was
o nstitutional convention wil pe entul.
They were bothe i love aithed to ame
In the angnse of the Cceity of competencym,
"ihoant, and will give a rewari of tenway
icents to learn the rpoamee of enthe bright p
originated. We pisol dventure he will as-fnd
sdrtion thfor a spiritu ironitip, of i
There salts aon Avery's lnday evenind,
Charlesri parish, have been laed Chrto ah
company of Englin the shoo and Texan e
tCba list ks, who a ke to hay twe n
cents per witon for th shlt iandg him
aThe Poine C onpee Pelican says
onthat a y. I t is alleged that ee0,
ye0 wars old, living in refasefor
off a namelessrpart y. m9~d f a
little three year old child o •f th same
The fore is a inhlar facnittedt in thei
world'as htwere escorted to the present worthy
of musinote, and tha grand althe was f
fired ase-ball markubs wth $10,000 capitalt their
safe delivery fom the clpruttrateon of nbthe in
dcstries with ionvested millio present.
Ai its d elegates thus reasons well:boF.n
Wisense of the nees at twenty e ents
Yper gallo, fadeverything elastroe pro- W
ceportion, wlearn th see no ramen whyof the bright
genwish I was a hose, i maginati don't.ews
He's nearly always the first a binitial ofi his
Ibermouth, while I have been leased a bit in
lamine fori two das."red to a
:Imine for two days."
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4 ingo hal. hn ob.s. a
f eered witl s pver phips Y told,
SIt seems Uwto at Ahe boa,.ade s
Iare crying ou at the prospect of,
o r they iho5ld ed t Io s'
I also natural ado eveu properW ilet
they should ir ~oare ,
I p 0O: e
arel nard whoo wh dr, l .,
anl athe sel re the d av trione
a ttec.ing gto at e nr1e d o.
qtuent sele . ;Zldidto.s Oveitr
.sand a heavy xpense lshwued
'. hm e Ourd n. o .ýet; br(+
there fa both ut -
City Ibemsea.
out. The eodtu yo. e po
cshould ipok to tor.d eotaidt
reform, land so ..u. len t. s
matter cpnsidertion..)eiuwti nse
The queistoiof tdnttweaieh aest
the ublcl debtof Louisan.M.ly'
and antention oshes t tI e o onstJ e t al.
'eonventil tom h'iw ýohetiow thl
tsome beforeo ttThie WHIthd
with the deepest Ine the das,
of the Couventon gli.,,-- IV
and they will paat l b Of" "
on ofe tbfe dwhI i Cis fruta .
"LIGHT AIU p..
The forty-fifth Congrqpos iott
-labors 4 noon o e 4th  ilntl , a
I tits aee ht y
I of the natiou. Whlle ttesindso oml
slon and eonamells may lv been
the IDmocratle memnrpthe he
ate te a ed ateoie fr'te bol8ft
Swith which they adherred thelte
mination aot to vote ondolatAJ the
I people's money to eot~.eP
mIent until the obnodos eletlon
"LaT USa HAV tr?, :
othe State, Itit srp.qat i
shallattempt to~dadd all odbbs
tthter ee will be no dific n ayt
ilh the new loan. Jt ywl lremem
(00 of arpeot-ba bons t twe i
years ago. Accordehgo the s
isans bondholder's viewsd this de -l
meat of the debt should havapluged
the State and her citizs nt,
deepest nan ~eit and commerial dis
tres Tfotibthat te ~ridt of,
S an m!her ,ithenhis "r'ribcl ob n
iroved. By ail means, if a
rntment of our debt Will ase
thi sor of "ditress," s hve s t
N. 0. Dsom.n- : ..
In Alabama we reaminded, aftergu
meat in a ease that was bing dridpt
before him was closed, that heoild
charge the jury, aroteandMid,G
tIlemen oh do juo , I dharge yeo.heAf
a dollar apleeeo, an' I nay .you mat
pay it before de case gs n."
SCapitolian Job ofce is complete.
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